May 11, 2012

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Brooks Joggle Happy Tour Finishes with a Bang

The Brooks Joggle Happy Tour is officially complete.  This 8-month running adventure was a dream-come-true for Bob and Trish Evans, the world’s fastest joggling couple (joggling = running + juggling). Below are a few of their impressive stats: 22,047 miles traveled 243 days of touring 27 races complete Since September, the “Brooks jogglers” raced 27 times in 17 different [...]

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May 11, 2012

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Cavalcade of Curiosities Makes Way to Great Pacific Northwest

Brooks Run Happy Calvacade of Curiosities

Have you heard? The Brooks Run Happy Cavalcade of Curiosities is on its way to the Pacific Northwest! The past couple of months of the tour have been filled with fun with stops across the country in Mississippi, Louisiana, Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Missouri and Colorado. Next up the Cavalcade makes its way to the Pacific [...]

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May 7, 2012

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Guest Post: Ultramarathon Legend Scott Jurek Shares His Green Power Drink Recipe

Ultramarathon runner Scott Jurek is well-known for his many running accomplishments. The vegan athlete has won the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run seven years in a row, holds numerous endurance running records, was featured in the bestseller Born to Run and now has the title of author to add to his long list of achievements. Next month Scott’s book Eat & [...]

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May 7, 2012

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Guest Post: Hydration Basics For Runners

Running in the Sun

By Nuun Guest Bloggers Jesse Kropelnicki and Jaime Windrow of The Core Diet As the hot weather months approach, we encourage you to move hydration to the top of your athletic priority list.  Although hydration is an important factor to your overall health year-round, slight dehydration of even 2% of your body weight can have [...]

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May 1, 2012

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Pin Your Run Happy Contest: And the Winner Is…

Brooks' Run Happy Pinterest Board Launches

Brooks would to congratulate Daniel Flahiff, winner of our Pin Your Run Happy contest. After reviewing hundreds of fantastic submissions from runners, his essay and Pinterest board submission was judged by our expert panel as best illustrating Run Happy. In his contest submission, Daniel shared what makes him Run Happy and included pins of some [...]

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April 30, 2012

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The Business of Running

GTS with Warren sock liner

As many of you know, Brooks’ parent company is Berkshire Hathaway, headed by the iconic Warren Buffett. In celebration of the upcoming Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting, Brooks developed custom Berkshire Hathaway merchandise including a limited-edition Adrenaline GTS featuring the head honcho himself. Customizations to the GTS 12 include a redesigned shoe tongue with the Berkshire stock symbol (BRK), a [...]

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April 27, 2012

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Run Happy Playlist from Brooks Fans

Early Morning Run

Brooks runners are known for racing fast and running happy, but did you know that they also have excellent taste in music? We recently asked our Facebook fans and Twitter followers what their favorite tunes to run to are. Below is a selection of some of their responses. Did we miss a favorite song of [...]

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April 24, 2012

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Fast Food Recipe: Thai Chicken Curry

Thai Chicken Curry

We runners like our food. Tasty food at that! And what better way to reward yourself after a hard run than with a hearty and nutritious meal. This Fast Food Recipe may have more ingredients than others, but we promise the end result will be more than satisfying. In the mood to cook all week? [...]

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April 20, 2012

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Happy Earth Day! Three Ways You Can Run Green

Planet Earth via NASA on Flickr

In celebration of Earth Day, Brooks put together a list of a few ways runners can reduce their environmental impact. For those who are less familiar, Earth Day is held annually on April 22 to increase the awareness of and celebrate Earth’s natural environment. The name and concept of Earth Day was first established by peace [...]

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